You are likely to be doing many calculations with numbers in scientific notation, so it is important that you know how to input them on your calculator efficiently and how to interpret the results.

First, make sure that you can input numbers in scientific notation on your calculator. There are a couple of ways to do this, but the most straightforward is to use the special button provided for entering scientific notation. This might be labelled as EXP, EE, E or EX, but there is considera

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There is a simple feature of uniform velocity-time graphs that will be particularly useful to know about when we come to consider non-uniform motion in the next section. It concerns the relationship between the velocity-time graph and the change in position over a given time interval. Consider the following problem. A vehicle travels at a velocity vx = 12 m s−1 for 4 s. By how much does its position change over that interval?

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A variety of helical structures can be identified in proteins using X-ray diffraction. A helix can be described by the number of units (amino acid residues) per turn (n) and by its pitch (p), which is the distance that the helix rises along its axis per turn. These parameters are indicated in Figure 8 for a number of helice

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Business Can Tackle Climate Change Government efforts to tackle global warming are significant but insufficient. Business should and can do more.Author(s): Dawn Jarisch, INSEAD Research Associate

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To identify those unknown proteins in a complex mixture that interact with a particular protein of interest, protein affinity chromatography can be used (Figure 49a). This approach uses a ‘bait’ protein attached to a matrix. When this baited matrix material is then exposed to a mixture of proteins, only proteins that interact with th

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Globalisation is something we tend to take for granted, mostly in the form of the remarkably low prices we pay for our consumer goods. When the first pocket calculator was launched in the UK in 1972, it cost £79 plus tax, an amount close to the average monthly take home pay.

Ten years later came the original IBM PC. Replete with a 4.77 MHz processor, 64kB RAM, a 12″ monochrome monitor (and an optional floppy disk drive!), it carried a UK price tag in excess of £1500, at that time a

Rodgers & Hammerstein: "Getting to Know You" & South Pacific In the seventh episode of a series of videos that explore the Rodgers and Hammerstein collections at the Library of Congress, Michael Feinstein and Mark Eden Horowitz share the discovery that "Getting to Know You" from The King and I originated as unused songs from South Pacific, "Suddenly Lucky" and "Suddenly Lovely." Produced by special arrangement with Imagem/Williamson Music Inc.
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